Beautiful Chickens on Display
Larchill Gardens, Kilcock, Co Kildare – (Directions)
Sat 8th May 2010. 11.00am-5.00pm,
Entrance 7.00 euro. children free ( includes entrance to gardens)
Synopsis of Fair
A one day sale and demonstration of poultry and poultry products. Sale and exhibitions of vegetable ,fruit and herb growing, tools. Talks on poultry and self sufficiency.
Irish Society of Poultry Fanciers
- Members and non members Poultry sales. Sellers welcome (no birds under heat)
- Best of Eggs quality competition.
- Best of Poultry Show with breed explanation.
Demonstrations – Displays
- Poultry: incubators and poultry lamps
- Best of breeds – Egg competition
- Raised beds
Talks
- 1.00 pm: The Show Chicken,- Breeding and Rearing. Paul Smyth,
- 2.00 pm: Poultry Husbandry and Health. Pete the TV3 vet,
- Bee keeping. Michael Gleeson, Irish Bee Keepers Association
- 3.00 pm: Michael Kelly. GIY 3.00 pm Growing your own vegetables
Stalls
- Poultry, Geese, Ducks and more – Bring and Buy: all welcome
- Eglu – Trendy chicken houses from the uk www.omlet.co.uk
- Polytunnels – Colm Warren www.cwp.ie
- Seed suppliers – Brown Envelope seeds
- Herb, fruit trees and vegetable nurseries – Herbs on Thyme, and others
- Garden and allotment contractors – Raised beds
- Fertilisers, composts organic and inorganic – Enrich.ie
- Poultry supplies and arcs – Dingle supplies and others, Gardening tools,
- Book shop – Booksteps.ie
- Feed suppliers org and inorganic – Willow Farms
- Irish Bee Keeping Association – Michael Gleeson
- GIY: Grow it Yourself!